The ultimate weighted head for tying bottom hugging fish catching streamers
Introducing the Bandito Sculpin Head, the latest re-iteration of the original and groundbreaking Sculpin Helmet, now perfected to offer an unmatched fly-tying solution.
Crafted with precision, the Bandit Sculpin Head is a metal head that boasts a realistic flat-and-broad sculpin profile. What sets it apart from the rest are the unique design features meticulously engineered to make it the ideal platform for tying weighted, bottom-hugging flies.
Designed to mimic the appearance and movement of common bottom-dwelling fish species such as sculpins, gobies, and baby catfish, the Bandit Sculpin Head is your key to success. It features a special shape and a heavily weighted keel, ensuring that your streamer swims hook-upwards, thus preventing frustrating snags and entanglements.
- Realistic Sculpin profile
- Weighted keel
- Fish-Skull Living Eyes
- Snag-free, hook upwards design
Some examples of flies tied include the award-winning Skulpin Bunny and the new articulated Bandito Sculpin
Elevate your fly tying game and enhance your success on the water with the Bandito Sculpin Head.
Quantity per pack: 8
Realistic profile
Flat and broad profile that imitates common bottom-dwelling fish species such as sculpins, gobies and baby catfish.
Front-fitting design
Simply tie in all materials first, then fit the Sculpin Head from the front. Quick and easy to use.
Front slot
Allows for use on both hook and tube flies.
Fish-Skull® Living Eyes™
Included in a corresponding size and color, these ultra-realistic eyes act as an important trigger for predatory game fish.
Heavyweight Keel
Distributes most of the helmet’s weight to the bottom of the streamer, ensuring it will swim in the correct position. This also allows you to tie with the hook facing either down or up. We have deliberately made the Sculpin Head significantly heavier than the Baitfish Head so that it will sink quickly in fast moving rivers and fish deeper near the bottom where sculpins typically live.
Colors
Available in brown and olive, the matte (non-shiny) finish is perfect for the type of shy, bottom-dwelling species you are trying to imitate. The special oxide coating gives an uneven, almost blotchy, effect that has differing shades of color. For example, the brown color Sculpin Helmet is mostly a dark brown color, but will also reflect shades of black and tan at different angles giving a type of camouflage effect.
Mini
Fits hook sizes #10, #8, #6, #4, #2.
Small
Fits hook sizes #6, #4, #2, #1.
Note: The Mini is designed with a specially enlarged front slot to fit a wider range of hook sizes. This increased flexibility in hook sizes allows the Mini to be used in a wide variety of freshwater and saltwater streamer patterns. In addition, a small hole is available to insert a simple monofilament weed guard.
After tying in all your materials, complete the streamer by simply fitting the Sculpin Head from the front and finish off by tying a small thread dam between the skull and the hook eye.
